SURFACE ORNAMENTED CAPS AND METHOD OF MAKING PANELLED CAPS WITH SURFACE ORNAMENTATION

摘要

A cap is made from a plurality of panels each having an upwardly extending tapered portion assembled with hems along the tapered edges of each panel sewn to the hems of adjacent panels to form the cap. The tapered portions of the panels are surface ornamented prior to assembly with a decoration having directionally oriented portions defined by lines extending across the seam of the cap at angles inclined to the lines of the seams. The said portions of the decoration are extended across the hems to the tapered edges of said panel in directions perpendicular to the tapered edges. When the panels are assembled into the crown of the cap, the portions of the decoration on the hem of one panel are placed against corresponding portions of the decoration on the hem of the adjacent panel before sewing the panels together, so that the said portions of the decoration on the panel on one side of a seam will be in exact register with the corresponding portions of the decoration on the panel on the other side of the seam. The said portions of the surface ornamentation can in the same way be arranged to extend from the panels on to the outer surface of the visor of the cap.